feuern

== German == === Etymology === From Feuer. The sense “terminate employment” is a semantic loan from English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔʏ̯ɐn/ Hyphenation: feu‧ern === Verb === feuern (weak, third-person singular present feuert, past tense feuerte, past participle gefeuert, auxiliary haben) (weaponry) to fire (transitive) to fire (terminate employment) Synonyms: entlassen, rausschmeißen, schassen Es tut mir leid, aber Sie sind gefeuert. ― I'm sorry, but you're fired. (intransitive) to fire (feed a fire) (intransitive) to fire (of neurons) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “feuern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “feuern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “feuern” in Duden online “feuern” in OpenThesaurus.de